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Comment by mnork

Available in the Alterac Valley battleground during the xmas event, use them to receive 5 Hardpacked Snowballs.

These snowballs have a 30 second cooldown, are unique (5), and last for 5 minutes before melting. When used, they will knock a target back (a definite strategic advantage when defending a tower or bridge). They will also dismount a target. They work on bubbled paladins, knocking them back and interrupting their spellcast.

When they were first introduced, there was considerable drama over their use. Videos were made of people knocking cave afk-ers out of the entrace portal and thus removing them from the game. They were removed for a short time, but demand for their return was so popular that blizzard compromised, allowing them to be used only on the opposite faction.